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Commentary

A special by-election
TODAY'S BY-ELECTION in North East St. Ann has taken on national proportions as a mini-referendum on the performance of the PNP administration. So much so that the two major political parties have pulled out all stops in an intensive campaign. As we...

Parliament and taxes

IT HAS taken a major uprising for the Executive of Government (the Cabinet) to partially return to the Legislature of Government (the Parliament) one of the Legislature's most basic functions, the determination of taxation. - Martin Henry

Zimbabwe's woes and the land question

ZIMBABWE, ONCE a bright African star, is a mess. The economy is sinking, inflation and unemployment are skyrocketing, the rule of law is threatened, and land occupations are spreading violence through the countryside. - John Rapley

No place like home

OF ALL the fan mail, guest book signings at my web site and the e-mails I get none are as entertaining as those I get from Freddy. Freddy is a young man from St. Elizabeth whose dream has always been to travel and write. - Tony Hendriks










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